Up to 2 feet of snow expected by tomorrow in the Sierra; could be snow in Reno foothills

2:15 PM,
Jan. 29, 2014

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A winter storm is still on track to bring up to 2 feet of snow at the highest elevations of the Sierra tonight and early Thursday and perhaps a few inches of snow to the foothills around Reno.

Snow should start falling tonight at the higher elevations and drop down to the level of Lake Tahoe overnight, National Weather Service meteorologist Wendell Hohmann said. By Thursday morning the snow level could drop down to about 5,500 feet, which would mean snow in Virginia City and in the foothills around Reno, Hohmann said.

The weather service is confident that snow will fall and when the storm will ...